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William Harrison Bledsoe
William Harrison Bledsoe
Member of the Texas House of Representatives; from the 122nd district
	In office; October 9, 1915 – July 17, 1919
Preceded by	Don H. Biggers
Succeeded by	Roy Alvin Baldwin
Member of the Texas Senate; from the 29th district
	In office; July 17, 1919 – January 13, 1925
Preceded by	William S. Bell
Succeeded by	Benjamin Franklin Berkeley
Member of the Texas Senate; from the 30th district
	In office; July 13, 1925 – January 8, 1929
Preceded by	Robert A. Stuart
Succeeded by	Pink L. Parrish
President pro tempore of the Texas Senate
	In office; 1925–1927
Preceded by	Alvin J. Wirtz
Succeeded by	James G. Strong
Personal details
Born	December 23, 1869; Cleburne, Cleburne County, Texas, U.S.
Died	March 30, 1936 (aged 66)
Resting place	Lubbock City Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Married (name of spouse missing)
Parent(s)	Willis Scott and Susan Frances Harrison Bledsoe
Residence(s)	Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Texas; Self-educated in the law
Occupation	Lawyer; businessman

William Harrison Bledsoe (December 23, 1869 – March 30, 1936), was a Texas attorney who served in the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate. During the latter service, he helped enact legislation creating Texas Tech University.^[1]^[2]

References edit

^ "W. S. Bledsoe". Texas Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
^ "W. H. Bledsoe". Texas Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

Political offices
Preceded by Don H. Biggers	Texas State Representative for District 122 (Andrews, Borden, Briscoe, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, and Yoakum counties) William Harrison Bledsoe 1915–1919	Succeeded by Roy Alvin Baldwin
Preceded by William S. Bell	Texas State Senator for District 29 (Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young counties) William Harrison Bledsoe 1919–1925	Succeeded by Benjamin Franklin Berkeley
Preceded by Robert A. Stuart	Texas State Senator for District 30 (Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Motley, Stonewall, Terry, and Yoakum counties) William Harrison Bledsoe 1925–1929	Succeeded by Pink L. Parrish
Preceded by Alvin J. Wirtz	Texas Senate President pro tempore William Harrison Bledsoe 1925–1927	Succeeded by James G. Strong

William Harrison Bledsoe

Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 122nd district
In office October 9, 1915 – July 17, 1919
Preceded by	Don H. Biggers
Succeeded by	Roy Alvin Baldwin
Member of the Texas Senate from the 29th district
In office July 17, 1919 – January 13, 1925
Preceded by	William S. Bell
Succeeded by	Benjamin Franklin Berkeley
Member of the Texas Senate from the 30th district
In office July 13, 1925 – January 8, 1929
Preceded by	Robert A. Stuart
Succeeded by	Pink L. Parrish
President pro tempore of the Texas Senate
In office 1925–1927
Preceded by	Alvin J. Wirtz
Succeeded by	James G. Strong

Personal details
Born	(1869-12-23)December 23, 1869 Cleburne, Cleburne County, Texas, U.S.
Died	March 30, 1936(1936-03-30) (aged 66)
Resting place	Lubbock City Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Married (name of spouse missing)
Parent(s)	Willis Scott and Susan Frances Harrison Bledsoe
Residence(s)	Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Texas Self-educated in the law
Occupation	Lawyer; businessman